Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 82 48
Rank change year-on-year -36 -34 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,130 1,792 2,841
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.91% 3.35% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 3.70% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 769 997 2,248
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% - -9.68%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,033 48,451 50,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.60% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,230 23,579 38,463
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,479
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -22 1,049 £77,500 +10.71% 1,149
London +4 593 £85,000 -1.73% 224
Work from Home -28 488 £75,000 +7.14% 646
UK excluding London -85 474 £70,000 +7.69% 1,058
North of England -24 213 £70,000 +6.03% 208
North West -3 112 £67,500 - 88
South East -114 88 £75,000 +11.11% 325
Yorkshire -22 84 £75,000 +11.11% 87
Midlands -29 60 £75,000 +15.38% 133
South West -49 55 £65,000 - 144
West Midlands -3 35 £72,500 +3.57% 43
East of England -10 29 £80,000 +39.13% 158
Scotland -64 26 £63,750 -8.93% 35
East Midlands -34 23 £76,750 +18.08% 85
North East -7 17 £68,750 +30.95% 33
Wales -14 4 £55,916 +11.83% 61
Northern Ireland -20 3 - - 25
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (2.57%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (2.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 23 (2.04%) Apache
3 23 (2.04%) Apache Spark
3 23 (2.04%) Confluence
4 13 (1.15%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.97%) JBoss
6 9 (0.80%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.71%) Appian
7 8 (0.71%) CMS
8 5 (0.44%) Apache Pulsar
8 5 (0.44%) nginx
9 4 (0.35%) IIS
10 3 (0.27%) Liferay
10 3 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.088%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.088%) Camunda
11 1 (0.088%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.088%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.088%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (1.86%) Maya
2 14 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.35%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.50%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.80%) Endur
2 9 (0.80%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.27%) Shopify
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.088%) Actimize
7 1 (0.088%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.088%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.088%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.088%) Quorum
7 1 (0.088%) R3 Corda
7 1 (0.088%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 603 (53.36%) AWS
2 543 (48.05%) Azure
3 203 (17.96%) Serverless
4 186 (16.46%) GCP
5 157 (13.89%) SaaS
6 117 (10.35%) GitHub
7 107 (9.47%) Azure DevOps
8 83 (7.35%) Amazon S3
9 81 (7.17%) AWS Lambda
10 77 (6.81%) Amazon EKS
11 63 (5.58%) Amazon ECS
12 57 (5.04%) PaaS
13 56 (4.96%) Amazon SQS
14 49 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
15 47 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
16 38 (3.36%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (3.36%) IaaS
17 36 (3.19%) Power Platform
18 34 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 30 (2.65%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.97%) HTTP
2 9 (0.80%) AMQP
3 6 (0.53%) Internet
4 3 (0.27%) Multicast
5 2 (0.18%) Broadband
5 2 (0.18%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.18%) SNMP
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
5 2 (0.18%) WAN
6 1 (0.088%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.088%) MQTT
6 1 (0.088%) Network Security
6 1 (0.088%) TCAP
6 1 (0.088%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (14.16%) NoSQL
2 158 (13.98%) PostgreSQL
3 147 (13.01%) MongoDB
4 125 (11.06%) SQL Server
5 62 (5.49%) DynamoDB
6 56 (4.96%) Relational Database
7 50 (4.42%) MySQL
8 46 (4.07%) Azure SQL Database
9 45 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (2.74%) Redis
11 23 (2.04%) Big Data
11 23 (2.04%) Power BI
12 19 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
12 19 (1.68%) RDBMS
13 17 (1.50%) Tableau
14 16 (1.42%) BigQuery
15 15 (1.33%) DB2
16 10 (0.88%) Pinecone
17 7 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 148 (13.10%) Git
2 115 (10.18%) Jenkins
3 55 (4.87%) JIRA
4 46 (4.07%) GitLab
5 41 (3.63%) JUnit
6 38 (3.36%) Selenium
7 31 (2.74%) Cucumber
8 28 (2.48%) TeamCity
9 26 (2.30%) Mockito
10 24 (2.12%) Cypress.io
11 22 (1.95%) JMeter
12 21 (1.86%) Bitbucket
13 17 (1.50%) Oracle Forms
14 14 (1.24%) Maven
15 12 (1.06%) CircleCI
16 11 (0.97%) Postman
17 9 (0.80%) LoadRunner
18 8 (0.71%) git-flow
19 7 (0.62%) REST Assured
19 7 (0.62%) Visual Studio
General
1 347 (30.71%) Social Skills
2 333 (29.47%) Finance
3 117 (10.35%) Banking
4 107 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (8.58%) Law
6 67 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 53 (4.69%) Retail
8 47 (4.16%) Games
9 42 (3.72%) Financial Institution
10 39 (3.45%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.65%) French Language
12 29 (2.57%) Dutch Language
12 29 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 25 (2.21%) Back Office
14 24 (2.12%) Legal
15 23 (2.04%) Billing
16 22 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
17 21 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
17 21 (1.86%) Marketing
18 16 (1.42%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 401 (35.49%) Developer
2 269 (23.81%) Senior
3 229 (20.27%) Architect
4 195 (17.26%) Software Engineer
5 164 (14.51%) Lead
6 109 (9.65%) Solutions Architect
7 98 (8.67%) .NET Developer
7 98 (8.67%) Java Developer
8 95 (8.41%) Full-Stack Developer
8 95 (8.41%) Senior Developer
9 67 (5.93%) Senior Software Engineer
10 56 (4.96%) Java Engineer
11 54 (4.78%) Lead Developer
12 47 (4.16%) Software Developer
13 42 (3.72%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 41 (3.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 39 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
16 36 (3.19%) Lead Architect
17 34 (3.01%) Principal Engineer
18 31 (2.74%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 297 (26.28%) .NET
2 286 (25.31%) React
3 243 (21.50%) RESTful
4 199 (17.61%) Spring
5 191 (16.90%) REST
6 177 (15.66%) Kafka
7 173 (15.31%) Spring Boot
8 154 (13.63%) Node.js
9 136 (12.04%) AngularJS
10 115 (10.18%) .NET Core
11 89 (7.88%) HTML
12 72 (6.37%) .NET Framework
13 66 (5.84%) ASP.NET
14 64 (5.66%) ASP.NET Web API
15 62 (5.49%) CSS
16 58 (5.13%) Middleware
17 57 (5.04%) RabbitMQ
18 50 (4.42%) Django
18 50 (4.42%) Entity Framework
19 48 (4.25%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 288 (25.49%) Cloud Native
2 170 (15.04%) Distributed Systems
3 128 (11.33%) Enterprise Software
4 94 (8.32%) Product Ownership
5 49 (4.34%) Greenfield Project
6 47 (4.16%) Legacy Systems
7 36 (3.19%) Data Structures
8 32 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (2.74%) Algorithms
10 28 (2.48%) Virtual Team
11 26 (2.30%) Blockchain
12 23 (2.04%) AI Agents
12 23 (2.04%) Distributed Architecture
13 19 (1.68%) Onboarding
14 16 (1.42%) Management Information System
15 15 (1.33%) IoT
15 15 (1.33%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.33%) Mobile App
16 13 (1.15%) Public Cloud
17 12 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.16%) Linux
2 18 (1.59%) Android
2 18 (1.59%) Windows
3 9 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.27%) CentOS
4 3 (0.27%) Debian
4 3 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.18%) VMS
6 1 (0.088%) Fedora
6 1 (0.088%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (49.47%) Agile
2 522 (46.19%) CI/CD
3 471 (41.68%) DevOps
4 362 (32.04%) Software Engineering
5 279 (24.69%) Full-Stack Development
6 275 (24.34%) Containerisation
7 247 (21.86%) Mentoring
8 245 (21.68%) AI
9 241 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
10 206 (18.23%) Event-Driven
11 197 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 188 (16.64%) Computer Science
13 156 (13.81%) Test Automation
14 153 (13.54%) TDD
15 151 (13.36%) Scrum
16 145 (12.83%) Roadmaps
17 143 (12.65%) Technical Leadership
18 131 (11.59%) SDLC
19 128 (11.33%) Architectural Patterns
20 122 (10.80%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 385 (34.07%) Java
2 283 (25.04%) C#
3 268 (23.72%) Python
3 268 (23.72%) SQL
4 250 (22.12%) JavaScript
5 208 (18.41%) TypeScript
6 59 (5.22%) Go
7 33 (2.92%) Shell Script
8 31 (2.74%) PL/SQL
9 24 (2.12%) C++
10 23 (2.04%) C
10 23 (2.04%) PHP
11 19 (1.68%) Bash
12 18 (1.59%) Ruby
13 15 (1.33%) Kotlin
14 12 (1.06%) Rust
15 11 (0.97%) PowerShell
16 8 (0.71%) Bicep
17 7 (0.62%) Scala
18 6 (0.53%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 207 (18.32%) Degree
2 136 (12.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 87 (7.70%) Security Cleared
4 65 (5.75%) SC Cleared
5 63 (5.58%) AWS Certification
6 55 (4.87%) Master's Degree
7 48 (4.25%) TOGAF Certification
8 45 (3.98%) Azure Certification
9 34 (3.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 34 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.33%) AWS Certified Developer
11 13 (1.15%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.80%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.80%) PMP
13 8 (0.71%) CISM
13 8 (0.71%) CISSP
14 5 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.35%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.99%) QA
2 22 (1.95%) Accessibility
3 19 (1.68%) GDPR
4 17 (1.50%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.97%) IFRS
5 11 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (0.97%) SLA
6 9 (0.80%) IFRS 17
6 9 (0.80%) Solvency II
7 8 (0.71%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.71%) EMIR
7 8 (0.71%) NCSC
7 8 (0.71%) NIST
8 6 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.44%) WCAG
10 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.27%) SEPA
11 2 (0.18%) PSD2
11 2 (0.18%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.088%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 342 (30.27%) Docker
2 15 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.18%) Firmware
4 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.18%) vSphere
5 1 (0.088%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 329 (29.12%) Kubernetes
2 174 (15.40%) Terraform
3 43 (3.81%) Grafana
4 41 (3.63%) Ansible
5 28 (2.48%) Kibana
6 18 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.24%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.15%) Argo
9 5 (0.44%) Puppet
10 4 (0.35%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.35%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.27%) Istio
12 2 (0.18%) Rancher
13 1 (0.088%) Nagios
Vendors
1 176 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.75%) Oracle
3 30 (2.65%) Google
4 26 (2.30%) Guidewire
5 19 (1.68%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.68%) SAP
5 19 (1.68%) Splunk
6 18 (1.59%) Dynatrace
7 17 (1.50%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.42%) BiZZdesign
9 13 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
9 13 (1.15%) MuleSoft
9 13 (1.15%) Software AG
10 12 (1.06%) Atlassian
10 12 (1.06%) Duck Creek
11 11 (0.97%) IBM
12 10 (0.88%) Fortinet
12 10 (0.88%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.71%) OpenLink
13 8 (0.71%) Red Hat